Chapter 268: Hitting the Playoffs Nine

Hear that, Josh. Howard couldn't help but get angry, but what could he not do?

He couldn't do anything.

Because, within two rounds, he was replaced and rested.

The enemy wants you to die, but they can't do anything to you. It may be Cao Jian's current state.

Josh. Howard went down, and the Mavericks' main force was also back on the court.

The game is also back to normal.

The tug-of-war between the two sides has resumed its existence.

Neither side can defend against the other.

Cao Jian shot a three-pointer, faced the flying Nash, shot steadily, and hit the ball.

Nash had an assist, and Nowitzki had a strong shot.

James went straight to the Mavericks' inside penalty area, rose from the ground, and it was a one-handed split dunk that was successful.

Nash relied on multiple covers on the inside, shook off Cao Jian, received a pass from his teammates, no one defended outside the three-point line, and went directly outside the three-point line to score the ball.

Cao Jian once again assisted Eric, who had been lurking outside the three-point line for a long time, and hit a three-point shot.

The battle is in full swing!

Cao Jian's side has just ended, and Nash will come again.

Or play blocking and dismantling with Nowitzki, this tried-and-true move.

It's just that this time Nash is not simply playing blocking and dismantling, and Novitzki's blocking and dismantling is just a cover, and Cao Jian is stuck behind him, and Boozer, who is on the inside line of the Cavaliers, is also defended, and Nash is against Boozer.

The Nash Knights, who do not have an advantage in height, can fight big with small, but. He didn't, but chose to give the ball to Finley, who had a chance in the low corner.

Finley catches the ball and shoots straight away. Three-pointers scored.

In the league, there are also a lot of people who play pick-and-roll, which is an extremely basic tactic, but a guard like Nash who plays at this level, doesn't play dead, plays alive. Not a lot.

The Mavericks have such a guard who can play, but the Mavericks are blessed.

But. Cao Jian still didn't understand a question.

Why would the Mavericks let Nash go after the season.

However, it is precisely because of the departure of the Mavericks that Nash is in the Phoenix Suns. It also got an outbreak. At the Suns, he also reached the peak of Nash's career.

Elected MVP of the regular season.

Of course, that's all for later.

With Nash and Nowitzki on the Mavericks' side, it's not for nothing that they can finish fifth in the West in the West, which is full of strong teams.

Fortunately, the Cavaliers were in the last game, with the help of Cao Jian, and the Cavaliers were on their side. It was also very quick to regain the feeling, otherwise the consequences. It's really unimaginable.

It is extremely difficult to fight with the calf.

The Mavericks are very strong, plus today's Mavericks' main core Nash and Nowitzki are also in extremely good shape, and the Cavaliers want to defeat them, and the difficulty is not just a star.

However, this battle is extremely important for the Cavaliers and for Cao Jian personally, and now is a critical moment for the playoff spot, and the Cavaliers can't lose this battle, and they can't lose.

Losing the game, not to mention getting farther and farther away from the Heat, who are fourth in the Eastern Conference, and will be chased by the Knicks behind to win games.

The fifth place in the East Division is not guaranteed, and it may fall to the sixth position in the East Conference.

If the Cavaliers fall to sixth in the East, that's a problem.

If the Cavaliers fall to sixth in the Eastern Conference, then the Cavaliers' opponents are either the Pistons or the Nets.

Whether it's the Nets or the Pistons, it's not that the Cavaliers can beat now, and if they play against either the Nets or the Pistons, it's not impossible for the Cavaliers to be swept in the first round.

In the first round against the Heat, if you look at the Cavaliers' current strength, the Cavaliers still have some chance of winning, as for the rest, don't think about it.

It's too tiring to think about this.

There is also Cao Jian's personal problem.

Cao Jian still came with a task in this battle, and in this battle, he had to win if he didn't win, and he had to win if he didn't win.

Cao Jian has no second way to go.

If this vote goes down, if it is successful, then Cao Jian can improve his strength attributes, if it doesn't work, then Cao Jian will be finished.

Just because of the punishment set by the system, Cao Jian has to brush up on copies without eating or drinking, and he can't do it until the end of this year.

It's only been more than four months now, and let Cao Jian repay his debts until the end of the year, what kind of concept is this?

This also means that Cao Jian will not make progress in the next year, Cao Jian will not improve, and with his strength, he wants to lead the knights to win the championship, which is impossible to think about, let alone do it.

Therefore, this battle must be won.

The game was still in a very anxious state.

At the end of the second quarter, the two sides were tied again.

"It's a suffocating game where you don't want to go to the toilet." At the end of the half, the on-site commentator also commented.

It's also very appropriate to say that, whether it's the Mavericks or the Cavaliers, they are playing extremely hard, and the most important point is that the main teams of both sides are extremely good.

This is especially true for Cao Jian, Nash, James and Nowitzki, who are the main players.

They all did a great job of doing what they had to do for the team, and even more, and everybody was working hard, and that was even more evident in the third quarter.

The third quarter of the game is a complete copy of the second quarter of the game.

James used his body as a dynamite bag and kept bombarding the Mavericks inside the box.

Breaking through the defensive line, he went straight to the Mavericks' inside box, and was surrounded by Nowitzki and Jamison, and James forced a layup.

And, made Nowitzki foul and stood at the free throw line.

As for himself, he was hugged by Jamison and fell to the ground, looking still a little painful, but it didn't take long for James to get up and stand on the free throw line to execute the free throw under the support of Cao Jian and Eric.

This is a typical unbeatable Xiaoqiang's dismissal.

On the Mavericks' side, it was Nash who responded, who was surrounded and blocked by Cao Jian, who defended against many guards in the league. It was a great loss, but he was extremely hardworking. Exerted all his strength, stunned and didn't give Nash a chance.

For Cao Jian, he enjoyed this battle.

If you want to win, Nash is a player he admires a lot, and it's another.

About. This kind of one of the few battles, Cao Jian didn't want to miss it, and he didn't want to miss it. It's a rare encounter, because the Mavericks and Cavaliers are in the East and West Divisions, respectively, and they're down for a season. If. If they can't meet in the finals, then they will only have two games in a season, so Cao Jian also enjoys such a matchup.

Enjoy, and of course, do your best to play.

Cao Jian did his best. It is also an extremely terrifying existence, which is also extremely distressing to Nash.

But. Isn't that exactly what they want for a player of his calibre?

Meet opponents to improve yourself.

Enjoy every moment of the game.

Cao Jian was extremely excited about Nash, why wasn't Nash?

There are many good point guards in the league, but point guards of Cao Jian's level are not common, and the ball quotient has to fight with himself.

Cao Jian besieged, and Nash ran desperately to get rid of it.

Therefore, on the court, it was also a big scene of Cao Jian and Nash chasing each other, which was extremely popular.

Nash is a man who knows how to take advantage of his teammates, triple cover, pocket out from the inside, catch three-pointers, and the basketball falls steadily into the basket.

Many people know that Nash assists and has super-notch organizational skills, but few people know that his three-point shooting is also extremely good, but on the court, his talent in organizational skills is too great, and he completely blocks the three-point shot.

Nash strikes.

Nowitzki was not idle, taking advantage of the Cavaliers James to hit the basket unsuccessfully, he grabbed the rebound as soon as possible, and, in the position, asked for the ball, and singled Boozer with his back in the low post.

Boozer suffered a great loss in the face of Nowitzki, his arms and legs were not enough size, Nowitzki also caught this, and directly pulled one out in front of Nowitzki, Boozer flew desperately, but there was still a big difference, and Boozer couldn't stop it at all.

After Nash entered, Nowitzki went in, seeing that the Mavericks were about to pull the score away.

And at this time, Cao Jian, who was the calmest, most reliable, and most trustworthy on the knight's side, also stepped forward for the first time.

Outside the three-point line, facing Finley's defense, he shot directly with a three-point shot, extremely decisive and resolute, even Finley's arm had been attached to his face, and Cao Jian's vision was completely blocked.

However, such a defense is useless and useless for Cao Jian.

The basketball rolled out from the tip of Cao Jian's index finger, the basketball drew a beautiful arc in the air, and the basketball finally smashed into the basket, with a crisp sound of "shabu", and the basketball directly stirred up a layer of gorgeous waves on the basket, making a crisp sound.

After this three-point goal was scored, while the Maverick did not, it was still Cao Jian, Cao Jian asked for the ball from the hands of Big Z, and immediately launched a fast attack, taking advantage of the Maverick's unstable foothold, Cao Jian rushed straight to the Maverick's inside penalty area, dodged and moved in the crowd, found a gap, and suddenly, saw Cao Jian with a left hand, dodged Maverick Nowitzki's pounce, and Cao Jian steadily picked the ball into the basket.

The pose is picturesque.

Many fans who came to the scene to watch the game for Cao Jian, after Cao Jian's goal, also excitedly tore their throats, shouted, shouted for Cao Jian, cheered, and even individually, imitated Cao Jian's picturesque movements, and praised him.

Because, Cao Jian scored these five points in a row, and the knights also tied the score again.

At this time, the two sides started a tug-of-war again, you come and go, and neither side will let anyone.

You have a ball, I have a ball, playing.

Until the third quarter of the game, the two sides were tied.

After three quarters of the game, the two sides returned to the starting line again.

This was completely contrary to the predictions of all the experts before the game.

And this situation continued in the fourth quarter, in order to be able to win the game, Cao Jian and James only rested for one minute in the fourth quarter, which was one-sixth of their regular rest time in the fourth quarter.

On the Mavericks' side, Nowitzki and Nash saw James and Cao Jian coming up and tied the score, and they were about to catch up with the score, and they were also back on the line.

The anxious battle between the two sides is still ongoing.

Cao Jian scored handball outside the three-point line.

Nash relied on his teammates to cover, cut the basket in the air, and directly threw high to create Boozer's defensive foul, which was 2+1.

Nash's free throws are still extremely consistent, and there are still free throws.

The two sides were once again tied.

After Nash, James once again held the ball and hit the Mavericks basket, and there was no one to stop James on the Mavericks' side, James went straight to the Mavericks' inside box, made a foul, and James stood on the free throw line again.

At this time, in order to interfere with James, the stadium also sounded earth-shattering boos, and in the midst of the boos, James also steadily punished him.

And after James, Nowitzki once again relied on his height and arm length advantage to Boozer, and Boozer was beaten down again.

Nowitzki hit another mid-range shot.

The situation was similar to that of the third quarter, and the two sides were once again in a state of anxiety.

The game can also be described as ups and downs and exciting.

And that continued until the last 45 seconds of the race.

At this point, the Cavaliers had the ball, and this time the Cavaliers trailed by 2 points, and the ball was in the hands of James.

Cao Jian came over to ask for the ball, but was repelled by James, obviously, James wanted to come by himself for this ball.

However, James's last ball was not handled very well, the front breakthrough was still excellent, and the defender was also given a step by James, James held the ball and rushed straight to the Mavericks' inside penalty area, and the Mavericks immediately surrounded them and blocked James.

At this moment, James is not decisive enough, if he forcibly goes up, then there will definitely be an opportunity to create a foul, and at the last moment, he still chooses Cao Jian, looking for Cao Jian's figure.

This hesitation has basically ruined this hard-won opportunity.

James searched for a long time, and he found Cao Jian, but his premeditation was also clearly understood by Nash, who killed in the air and picked up the ball as soon as possible.

After Nash broke the ball, he immediately wanted to launch a fast attack, and at such a critical moment, it was Cao Jian's experience that saved the knights.

Cao Jian made a tactical foul, anyway, in this game, he didn't foul many times and fouled in time, because, Cao Jian fouled, and the Cavaliers also asked for a timeout at this time.

And the Mavericks' fast attack was also interrupted.

Cao Jian fouled, and Nash deliberately turned around and glanced at Cao Jian more, his eyes full of appreciation.

Obviously, Cao Jian's foul this time was the right choice, and this foul is also a manifestation of wisdom.

This Cavaliers made a mistake, and if it was still scored by the Mavericks, the game would basically be over.

But although Cao Jian fouled this is a very correct choice, but for the Cavaliers who want to win this game, they are now 2 points behind, and the ball is still in the hands of the Mavericks, in addition, the Mavericks still have the ball, which is still an extremely difficult thing for the Cavaliers.

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